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Tenth Street safe after changes, study says
Tuesday, September 17, 1985
By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
A study of North 10th Street traffic,
which started after a UNL student was
injured crossing it last spring, found
the street needed only minor changes
to improve pedestrian safety, a city
traffic engineer said Monday.
John Tobin said the city's transpor
tation department has restriped cross
walks and traffic lanes and lowered the
speed limit along the street between Q
Street and Avery Avenue. However, he
said, the study indicated installing a
stoplight along the stretch would not
decrease the already low accident rate.
The city launched the study after
Fusan Sayood, a UNL graduate student
in chemistry, was hit by a car April 30
while in the crosswalk on North 10th
Street near UNL's 501 building.
Several faculty members, including
Sayood's husband, Khalid Sayood, an
assistant professor of electrical engi
neering, complained that the crossing
was dangerous, especially for those
who cross the street several times a
day.
The study found that between 2,700
and 3,300 people daily cross the stretch
of North 10th Street passing through
UNL, Tobin said. Over the last three
and a half years, two pedestrians have
been injured, he said.
Tobin said the city prefers to avoid
installing stoplights whenever the evi
dence shows pedestrians are watching
the traffic well without them. Although
parking stalls are available along the
street near the 501 Building, he said,
they are far enough removed from the
traffic flow that pedestrians and motor
ists can see each other well.
To give pedestrians a greater safety
margin, Tobin said, the city decided to
lower the speed limit from 35 mph to 30
mph between R Street and Avery Avenue.
He said the study showed that most
motorists accelerate to the 35-mph
limit upon entering the stretch from
Lincoln's central business district.
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direct pedestruns onto the Is and in the previous three leg crosswa. mgtorsts westbound on Avery Avenue
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were using the Island as a 'pedestrian near Avery Avenue has been moved so prevent broadside accidents.
Bessey Hall now 'quality space
said, because the department bought
equipment in the last few years antici
pating the move to Bessey Hall.
Treves said the geology department
has improved computer resources and
a large library, which takes up most of
the building's lower level.
"The space available will carry
expansion (of the library) well into the
next century," Treves said.
Treves said expansion of the library
was not possible in its former location
on Morrill Hall's fourth floor.
The $3.46 million dollar project began
in May 1984 and was finished this
summer.
"Bessey Hall's renovation was really
an economical project," Bleed said.
"We really made an efficient use of
space."
By Linda Hartmann
Staff Reporter
Bessey Hall's remodeled rooms and
auditorium are a welcome change for
the UNL geology and anthropology
departments, said Peter Bleed, anthro
pology department chairman.
Bleed said his department did not
gain office space, but the quality of its
space improved. The department for
merly was housed in Benton Hall.
The move means anthropology offi
ces, research areas, labs and class
rooms are all in the same building
rather than scattered across campus,
he said. The quality of lab and research
space also is much improved, Bleed
said.
"AnthroDolocv is very object
oriented," he said. "We spend a lot of
time looking at objects, pictures and
slides. Bessey provides good space for
that, especially the auditorium."
The geology department also was
able to regroup scattered offices and
define specific lab and research areas,
said Samuel Treves, department chair
man. Research space now is next to the
professors' offices. Treves said the move
will make research easier.
"Consequently, more research will
be done," he said.
Geology students now have a new lab
for studying the effects of ground
water.
No new equipment was needed, Treves
Shorts
Nationally known Nebraska author
Gail Rock's work will be featured in
two programs this month. The event is
part of continuing programming by the
Heritage Room and The Nebraska
Literary Heritage Association to in
crease the public's awareness of the
resources and services of the Heritage
Room in the Bennett Martin Public
Library.
A videotape of the CBS special feat
uring Rock's "The Thanksgiving Trea
sure" will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, in the
auditorium on the 4th floor of the Ben
nett Martin Public Library. This pro
gram is free and open to the public.
Rock will appear in person and dis
cuss her work at 2 p.m. Sept. 29. Her
CBS special, "House Without A Christ
mas Tree," will be shown during this
program, in the auditorium on the 4th
floor of Bennett Martin. This program
also is open to the public free of
charge.
"Welfare: Who should be entitled to
public help?" is the topic for a National
Issues Forum discussion Thursday, at
McPhee School, 820 S. 15th St. The
discussions are sponsored by the UNL
Division of Continuing Studies in co
operation with the Domestic Policy
Association.
The association, supported by the
Kettering Foundation, is a network of
educational institutions and collabo
rating organizations concerned with
public policy issues.
The National Issues Forums try to
define what the public interest is, and
how it can best be served.
The weekly discussions on the wel
fare topic will be moderated by Ronald
H. Ozaki, UNL professor of social work,
and are limited to 25 participants. They
will end before Thanksgiving.
Dates, locations and registration in
formation are available by calling the
UNL Division of Continuing Studies,
472-1924. A small registration fee in
cludes the cost of the study guide for
each discussion. Participants may reg
ister for one, two or all three discussion
topics.
"Lessons From Total Wars," a series
of six diverse events offered to the pub
lic by Nebraska Wesleyan in coopera
tion with the Nebraska Committee for
the Humanities. The first event, Women
in War, continues through Oct. 4, except
on Mondays, at the Elder Gallery, Rog
ers Center for Fine Arts, 50th and Hun
tington streets. This exhibit includes
war propaganda posters which, although
from World War I, set the stage for a
discussion of how images and media
can shape the thoughts of a nation.
This event is open to the public free of
charge.
Credit Telecourses are now available
on the UNL Campus through the Div
ision of Continuing Studies by closed
circuit television. Participants can view
courses in room 1 26 of the 501 Building.
Employees enrolling in the telecourses
are eligible for tuition remission. For
more information, call the Division of
Continuing Studies, 472-3587. For reg
istration call 472-2175.
Who's News
Scott Norberg, a first-year graduate
student in the College of Architecture,
has taken office as president of the
American Institute of Architecture
Students for 1985-86.
AIAS represents 15,000 architecture
students in 135 chapters at U.S. col
leges and universities with accredited
architecture programs.
As AIAS president, Norberg represents
student needs and concerns to the
American Institute of Architects and
the architectural profession.
A native of Sioux Falls, S.D., Norberg
earned a bachelor's degree in business
from Sioux Falls College and a bache
lor's in marketing from UNL before
receiving a bachelor's in architectural
studies at Nebraska. He currently is
pursuing an MBA at UNL.
Franklin Eldridge, UNL animal
science professor, has written a new
book called "Cytogenetics of Livestock."
Cytogenetics is the branch of biology
that deals with the study of heredity
and variations by the methods of both
cytology and genetics.
Eldridge has taught at UNL for 30
years. He also taught and conducted
research at the University of Edinburgh
and the National Dairy Research Insti
tute at Karnal, India. He is the past
associate dean and director of resident
instruction for the UNL College of
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